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ocellated

[ os-uh-ley-tid, oh-sel-ey-tid ]

adjective

  1. (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
  2. having ocelli, or eyelike spots.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ocellated1

First recorded in 1705–15; from New Latin ocellāt(us), equivalent to ocell(us) “little eye” + -ātus adjective suffix + English -ed past participle suffix; ocellus, -ate 1, -ed 2

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Example Sentences

No distinct tufts of scales or knobs appear, and the ocellated region is traversed by four or five dark longitudinal lines.

Species with ring-spots sometimes have nuclei, and ocellated larv in some cases possess only a pale spot instead of a dark pupil.

Lucasii, Walk., offers another instance of the retention of the subdorsal line by an ocellated species.

In Lycæna agestis both sexes have wings of a brown colour, bordered with small ocellated orange spots, and are consequently alike.

This bamboo shows as its middle figure an Argus pheasant with its two long ocellated tail-feathers.

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